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Time Zones And Jet Lag: How To Endure Them

The NBAA rightly notes that among the industry’s greatest attributes is providing its users time — time saved from awaiting flights in commercial airline terminals, rescued from long security lines and driving to and from distant commercial airports. Time is finite to us all; it is neither renewable nor expandable. Accordingly, it is one of our most precious resources, and must not be squandered to accommodate an indirect flight to ...

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I don't know if we were tougher or just ignorant but in 1964, I was hired by Philco as techrep. Went to Ft Washington Pa for processing. The day before we were to fly out of Philly to Bangkok, they noticed my shots were nearly all expired so I was taken to a clinic and given 3 shots. As I was leaving, my right arm started getting red welts, so they gave me a 4th shot. Took me to the hotel. Went to the Airport around 10 Pm and left around 11. I felt crummy all the way over, arrived in Bangkok early in the morning. They took me to a guest house. "Get some sleep, you are on shift at 7 tonight they will you pick up at 6." This was not that unusual. No one made a big fuss about it then.

The article above states:"there are also 25 military zones, every 15 deg. longitude…etc." Now, I am just an average engineer, but I know
for sure that 25X15 = 375. A full circle is 360 degrees, so where does the military put that extra 1,038 mi (the extra 15 deg.)? Does the
military have a secret extraterrestrial zone somewhere? "Stargate", or perhaps a new, "military geometry"?